Thursday 29 October 2026 · daily word connections puzzle
Spoilers below: all four groups and their words. Want to try it first? This puzzle is still free to play in the archive.
Yellow - the most straightforward groupLENS, SHUTTER, APERTURE and FOCUS are all photography terms - the most direct link on the board.
Green - mediumPLENTY, AMPLE, PROFUSION and BOUNTY are all synonyms for abundance.
Blue - harderEach word goes in front of OFFICE to make a word or phrase: POST + OFFICE, HOME + OFFICE, BOX + OFFICE and HEAD + OFFICE.
Purple - the trickiest groupCUMULUS, STRATUS, CIRRUS and NIMBUS all fit types of cloud. As the purple group it is the hardest link to spot, often because some of these words look as if they belong elsewhere.
Cluster gives you 16 words that hide four groups of four. Yellow is the most straightforward group and purple the trickiest, with green and blue in between. You can make four mistakes. New to it? Read how to play Cluster.